HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

WALSER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2024

Filed

Jul 24, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

5 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for WALSER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP →

Walser Automotive Group notified individuals of unauthorized access to systems between May 14-16, 2024. Personal information including names and SSNs may have been accessed. The company engaged federal law enforcement and provided credit monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

May 14, 2024

Begins

Jul 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim was first seen 55 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_8cd62424b687346e2024-05-03 · +82dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_0bbbebe245d77dbe2024-07-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_21c8c0ae26d8ee732024-07-24Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_f373ba3b361f6e2a2024-07-25 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: WALSER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
norm: walser automotive
Domain: walser.com

Name: WALSER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
norm: walser automotive
Domain: walser.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 1, 2024
Breach occurred: May 14, 2024 – May 16, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2024
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: correspondence with federal law enforcement authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began containment and restoration efforts
Took steps to secure the network
Investigate the activity
Prompt and continued correspondence with federal law enforcement authorities
Providing you with [Extra2] months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJul 24 · first

Indiana State AGJul 24 · first

Montana State AGJul 24 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1574.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2024
Raw hash: 53d146416dcc338971bc45fa61d8973ad6c62c65d65a45eea7b1be6c5e529ae6

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWALSER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

Victim entityWALSER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2024

Stated responseBegan containment and restoration efforts

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov